Metodología para la revisión y actualización de un diseño curricular de una carrera universitaria incorporando conceptos de aprendizaje basado en competencias

Abstract

This article presents a review of the experience gained after revising and updating the design of an academic curriculum incorporating the concept of competency-based learning. The reasons to revise the curriculum are discussed and a methodological proposal composed by five stages is presented. The modification of the academic curriculum of a university career is a difficult and complex task that is performed in different stages and the process ends when all the professionals involved believe that a real product, that satisfies the initial objectives, has been reached. The five steps of the proposal are: (i) pedagogical processing of the competencies established in the students profile; (ii) establishing a progress map for sequencing the competencies; (iii) analysis about the contribution of subjects to the development of each of the competencies; (iv) updating of the programs included in the syllabus grid; and (v) the elaboration of achievement tests. The main results obtained in applying the methodology were the modification of the original subject syllabuses, incorporation of visual maps for observing the contribution of the subjects to the development of competencies, and the visualization of the development of competencies during the training curriculum plan.